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IWantZduriencik'sJob

Posted 13 April 2012 - 07:30 PM

"....Griff is special to me because we came up together," Rodriguez said. "He was a teammate, he was a brother and a mentor all rolled in one. It was a special day for me..."

by A-Fraud on hitting his 630 home run.

Griffey came into the league in 1989 and was a star, gold glove and a kid with a great smile. He even played with his dad during his second season and third season with Mariners. A-Fraud was 15 and 16 years old.

Mariners drafted A-Fraud in 1993 and he almost did not sign the contract for the Mariners and did have a letter of intent with University of Miami. He played his first game July 8th 1994 and we then had the strike August 12, 1994. I have tickets for a game in the Kingdome that August somewhere, but the Mariners ended a 20 game road trip on that August day. He played in those last games. He also played a few games in 1995.

How did Griff and A-Rod come up together?? Is he re-writing history? Terrible with math. Or the two or three drugs he started taking in high school, minors or majors starting to impact his thinking??

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Yogi--1. I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.2. It ain't the heat, it's the humility.

phredmojo

Posted 13 April 2012 - 08:09 PM

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by A-Fraud on hitting his 630 home run.

Griffey came into the league in 1989 and was a star, gold glove and a kid with a great smile. He even played with his dad during his second season and third season with Mariners. A-Fraud was 15 and 16 years old.

Mariners drafted A-Fraud in 1993 and he almost did not sign the contract for the Mariners and did have a letter of intent with University of Miami. He played his first game July 8th 1994 and we then had the strike August 12, 1994. I have tickets for a game in the Kingdome that August somewhere, but the Mariners ended a 20 game road trip on that August day. He played in those last games. He also played a few games in 1995.

How did Griff and A-Rod come up together?? Is he re-writing history? Terrible with math. Or the two or three drugs he started taking in high school, minors or majors starting to impact his thinking??

i'm looking at the career HR list and i do not see the person you are talking about anywhere on it. here are the top 10 of alltime

Take that list and remove anyone accused of using steroids - proven or not, punished or not - and you're left with Phred's personal home run leader list. Of course, you'll note that he does not omit players accused of taking other illegal substances to boost their performance on the field, such as amphetamines.

Gone But Not Forgotten (former adopt-a-players):
Eric Thames - Hitting .343/.431/.700/1.131 over two seasons in Korea.
Matt Mangini - Out of baseball. Assistant coach for a high school.
Mike Morse - Won a WS ring hitting .279/.336/.475/.811 for the Giants.
Jamal Strong - Let go after 2005. Played in the Yankees, Cubs and Braves systems.Last seen as a scout for the Cards.

Interesting how home ballparks figure into it. If Mays played in the parks Aaron played in he'd have 755 or more, rather playing in the Polo Grounds and The Stick. A-Rod, Griffey, Sosa, Palmeiro, Jackson, Man Ram played in a bandbox. Ruth started in Fenway for a few years, when the Rightfield Grandstands went way back, moved to the Polo Grounds while Yankee Stadium was being built and finished in Yankee Stadium. Ruth's power, like Mays, was to the alleys. A-Rod played in the kingdome and in Arlington before going to the bombers. We know about Griffey, who never had to play in Riverfront, I believe. Robinson played in the old big barn in Baltimore and at Riverfront. Killebrew played in the big joint. Palmeiro played mostly in Texas. Jackson started in Oakland, before the remodel, went to Yankee Stadium and then the Big A. Schmidt played in a big park his whole career.

Bonds played in big parks (The Stick, Three Rivers, and PNB) but had some help.

The most immpressive are Ruth, Mays, Thome, Killebrew, Jackson, Schmidt and Mantle, IMHO.

Gone But Not Forgotten (former adopt-a-players):
Eric Thames - Hitting .343/.431/.700/1.131 over two seasons in Korea.
Matt Mangini - Out of baseball. Assistant coach for a high school.
Mike Morse - Won a WS ring hitting .279/.336/.475/.811 for the Giants.
Jamal Strong - Let go after 2005. Played in the Yankees, Cubs and Braves systems.Last seen as a scout for the Cards.